Public Statements

Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, The Oakland Institute Congressman Ellison & Congressman Coffman, Congressional staffers, and the Ethiopian diaspora, thank you for this opportunity to share Oakland Institute’s experience and our concerns about land rights and the human rights situation in Ethiopia. Ethiopia was the world’s second largest recipient of development aid, having received $4.1 billion in aid in 2016. United States is the largest bilateral donor to Ethiopia — giving $865.65 million in 2016, the highest since 2010.

Att: Erik Brandsma, Caroline Asserup, Christina Ljunggren and Kenneth Möllersten, Swedish Energy Agency Subject: Green Resources’ non-compliance to Swedish Energy Agency’s demands Dear Erik Brandsma, Caroline Asserup, Christina Ljunggren and Kenneth Möllersten, Given the Swedish Energy Agency’s decision in 2015 to suspend payments for carbon credit from Green Resources’ plantations in Uganda, we are writing to bring to your attention the following information.

L’Anywaa Survival Organisation, l’Ethiopian Anuak Development Foundation et l’Anuak Community Association in North America, forts du soutien de la société civile internationale et des leaders de la communauté anuak du monde entier, exhortent les gouvernements éthiopien et indien à arrêter leurs négociations avec Karuturi Global Ltd et à faire en sorte que l’entreprise quitte définitivement Gambela et les autres régions d’Éthiopie.

Anywaa Survival Organisation, Ethiopian Anuak Development Foundation and Anuak Community Association in North America, with the strong support of international civil society and Anuak community leaders worldwide, call on the governments of Ethiopia and India to cease negotiations with Karuturi Global Ltd and to ensure that the company fully exits Gambela and other parts of Ethiopia. The governments of both these countries must hold the company accountable for the destruction to local peoples’ livelihoods, environment, bio-diversity and eco-system.

Manuela Ferro Vice President of Operations Policy and Country Services World Bank 1818 H St. NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Re: Environmental and Social Standards Guidance Notes Dear Ms. Ferro, We wish to express our deep concerns with the current draft Guidance Notes for Borrowers recently released by the World Bank for public comment. While we appreciate the opportunity to finally review and comment on these Notes, our understanding of their aim and scope has not been realized.

It is with a sense of immense relief that we share this great news with you today. On 27 November 2017, the Examining Military Judge in Buea, Cameroon, officially dropped all charges and signed the release order for Nasako Besingi, who was subsequently released following over two months in detention.

Emergency DACA rally at San Francisco City Hall, September 5, 2017. Credit: Pax Ahimsa Gethen. Image cropped. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Take Action Now! The Oakland Institute proudly stands with Dreamers and all immigrants, regardless of their status, across the US. Our work clearly shows the role of United States' political, economic, and military intervention in forcing people from their homelands. We urge the US Congress to welcome refugees, embrace the Dreamers, and pass the DREAM Act now!

Downtown Charlottesville. Credit: Bob Mical (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) We are outraged by the appalling acts of racism, bigotry, and hatred carried out by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. But Charlottesville is not an isolated incident. Violent hate groups are emboldened by a President who continues to signal his support for the racists, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis behind the "Unite the Right" rally. The Trump administration's ongoing employment of senior advisers with white supremacist ties — even after Steve Bannon's departure — is fueling these hate-filled movements.

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We are women leaders from over 40 countries, including the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and many from nations that fought in the Korean War. We are from academia, business, civil society and the military, and represent a diversity of ethnicities, nationalities, religions, and political views. We are united by our belief that diplomacy is the only way to resolve the nuclear crisis and threat of war now facing the Korean peninsula.